Mr. Price has served as lead counsel in numerous complex cases. His practice encompasses all aspects of labor and employment law with a focus on administrative and trial court litigation.

For more than 30 years, Mr. Price has represented clients in employment discrimination cases, arbitrations, employee benefits litigation and wage and hour matters on both federal and state levels, including trial courts, appellate courts and administrative agencies. He represents clients in the chemical, manufacturing, oil and natural gas industries, as well as service businesses and the timber industry. His practice includes representation of national clients as well as small and medium-sized entrepreneurial businesses.

A significant portion of Mr. Price's practice is devoted to traditional labor law, including representation of clients in connection with negotiation of collective bargaining agreements, strategic labor planning, maintenance of union free workplaces, administration of labor agreements in unionized settings and the avoidance and defense of unfair labor practice charges.

Mr. Price routinely practices before the NLRB, the federal agency responsible for implementation of all U.S. labor laws.

A portion of Mr. Price's practice is devoted to representing clients in the defense of high-risk cases and “deliberate intent” cases arising out of workplace injuries or death. Mr. Price has also counseled clients in the healthcare industry regarding business formations and licensing issues, staffing issues, and various labor and employment issues.

Mr. Price is a mediator, fully trained by the West Virginia State Bar. He is also the Legislative Liaison for the Charleston, WV Chapter of the Society for Human Resource Management.

Practices a broad spectrum of matters including Equal Employment Opportunity cases, discrimination cases of all types, arbitrations, employee benefits litigation and wage and hour matters on both federal and state levels and litigation of employment cases in trial and appellate courts.

Practices before the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) and litigation of cases before the Mine Safety and Health Administration (MSHA), West Virginia Coal Mine Safety Board of Appeals and other administrative tribunals.

Provides client training in the areas of risk reduction, affirmative action, compliance, and maintenance of employment files and records.

Abels et al. v. Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co.; United States District Court for the Southern District of W.Va., Civil Action No. 2:90-0331. Lead counsel representing Kaiser Aluminum and Chemical Co. in a class action brought by approximately 700 former hourly employees of the company's Ravenswood, W.Va. facility, in which the plaintiffs claimed the company had violated Sec. 510 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA) by failing to provide contractually required pension benefits to employees on recall status. Favorable settlement reached.

Cameron Bell v. Ashland Oil Co.; United States District Court for the Southern District of W.Va., Civil Action No. 3:92-0311. Lead counsel representing Ashland Oil Co. in case brought by employee who claimed his discharge was undertaken in retaliation for his reporting environmental violations to regulatory authorities and assisting such authorities with their inspections and investigations. Case was settled favorably after cross-examination of Plaintiff at trial.

Natalie Haynes v. Rhone-Poulenc Ag. Co.; 206 W.Va. 18, 521 S.E.2d 331 (1999). Lead counsel representing Rhone-Poulenc Ag. Co. in case in which female lab worker claimed the termination of her employment was due to her disability and sex. Jury returned verdict of less than half of final settlement demand. Appealed to Supreme Court of Appeals of West Virginia in order to clearly establish the law related to punitive damages under the West Virginia Human Rights Act.

Mark Lynch v. Appalachian Power Company; Circuit Court of Mingo County, W.Va., Civil Action No. 96-C-81. Lead Counsel representing Appalachian Power Company in case brought by discharged management employee who contended the termination of his employment was due to his disability - alcoholism. Jury returned verdict of less than half of final settlement demand. Appealed on behalf of employer and settled favorably on appeal.

Watson v. Mountaineer Gas Company; 76 F.3d 606 (1996). Lead counsel representing Mountaineer Gas Company in case brought to collaterally attack an arbitrator's award that had reinstated an employee discharged for a positive drug test. The Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals affirmed a ruling by the United States District Court for the Southern District of West Virginia that had set aside the arbitrator's award.